How many people were injured in the Bhopal Disaster due to toxic gas?

• A. 100,000
• B. 250,000
• C. 750,000
• D. 500,000

Answer: (D)

The key idea is the massive scale of impact from the gas release. The Bhopal disaster exposed a huge urban population to methyl isocyanate, leading to a wide range of health effects from acute respiratory distress to eye irritation and long-term complications. Because counting injuries across a population with both immediate and lingering health effects is difficult and figures come from different methods, estimates vary. The figure commonly cited by historians and educational materials for those injured is about 500,000 people, reflecting the broad reach of the disaster. So, about half a million injured best matches the widely accepted understanding of the event’s human impact.